Manga Styled Characters as Japan Military Mascot

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In "Japan Resorts to Manga Propaganda," CNN looks at how Japan is using cute, manga styled characters to represent its current military power. "As Japan sheds its postwar pacifism and gears up to take a higher military profile in the world, it is enlisting cadres of cute characters and adorable mascots to put a gentle, harmless sheen to its deployments."